Fertiliser sales down 18% last year to 1.4m tonnes
The cost of fertiliser almost doubled in 2022 with farmers paying €1.2bn on the farm input. Fertiliser experienced the largest increase in cost of all farm inputs, up 137%, and with volumes down by 16%, the costs to Irish farmers increased substantially.
Total fertiliser sales in Ireland fell by 18% in 2022 to 1.4m tonnes, according to new CSO data.
Fertiliser sales were at their highest of the time period 2000-2022 in 2000 at 1.7m tonnes.Â
